live team coverage from iraq and london, ahead. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm victor blackwell in for john berman. bottom of the hour now, we welcome our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. slowly but surely returning to ferguson, missouri, it was another night of mostly peaceful protests in this town of 21,000. rain kept crowds down and tempers cooled. earlier in the day, attorney general, eric holder met with leaders and the family of michael brown. he's the teenager whose death touched off nearly two weeks of violence now. >> hopefully have a calming influence on the area. people know that federal, thorough investigation is being done. >> meanwhile, prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to determine whether the officer who shot and killed michael brown should be criminally charged. stephanie elam is live for us. stephanie, what the are officials contributing the calm. is it the weather or folks are tired? >> reporter: i think it's both, victor. if you look, less people showed up here last night. we did see they so